{"conversationCode":"278-014","tapeNumber":278,"conversationNumber":14,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-278-014","startDateTime":"1971-09-09T18:08:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-09T18:11:00.000Z","startDate":"9-Sep-1971","startTime":"2:08 PM","endDate":"9-Sep-1971","endTime":"2:11 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On September 9, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:08 pm and 2:11 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 278-014 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 278-14\n\nDate: September 9, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 2:08 pm and 2:11 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 8-73]","filename":["278-014.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:18:50","tapeEnd":"00:19:02","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"278-013","nextCode":"278-015","transcript":[{"start":6.17,"end":6.45,"text":"Right."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated a brief communication with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. Due to the lack of transcript content beyond the initial connection, the specific subject matter of the subsequent conversation remains undocumented. This interaction serves as a routine administrative bridge for the President’s telephonic operations.","topics":["White House communications","Presidential operations","Telecommunications","Administrative support"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T12:56:12.697Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-communications","presidential-operations","telecommunications","administrative-support"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"278-014.mp3","bytes":428199,"durationSec":10.56,"bitrate":324501,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.329Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/278-014.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/278-014","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/278/conversation-278-014","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}